Recommendation Letters - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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<td> <p>For the latest news about the Foundation and the activities of the Fellows:</p>  <p><a class="LinkMore" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec" onclick="return newsletter_popup('https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec')" target="_blank">Sign Up for <br/>Our Newsletter <img src="/web/20120828180112im_/http://www.gf.org/images/bg.arrow-orange.gif" alt="Arrow"/></a></p>  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>   <div id="MainColumn"> <div class="Content"> <h1>Recommendation Letters</h1> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <p><br/> The application provides a section for references. We ask applicants to list the names and addresses of four persons who are familiar with your work and to whom the Foundation may write for judgment concerning your abilities, especially in relation to your proposal.  If more than four references are listed, only the first four will be contacted. All statements by references to the Foundation are held in the strictest confidence and will not be provided to the applicant.<br/> <br/> Those who are familiar with your recent work and can comment on the course of your career as a whole will make the best references.  Please request the permission of each person whom you list as a reference before so listing them.  Although requests for evaluations will be sent to the four persons you list, they are not obligated to reply.  The Foundation cannot inform you whether the people you list actually submit their evaluations; those whose permission has been sought in advance by the applicant are most likely to respond. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the accuracy of a reference's email or mailing address.<br/> <br/> The Foundation does not bring forward letters of reference from previous years. (But applicants may, if they wish, name the same references they have named before, and those references may of course choose to send us the same letters they sent before.)</p> <p>If you have been asked to submit a reference letter for an applicant or applicants, then <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/https://competition.gf.org/ra/login.php">follow this link</a>.</p> </div> <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div> </div>   <div id="RightColumn"> <div class="wysiwyg-output"> <table class="feature-photo"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><img width="215" height="215" alt="" src="/web/20120828180112im_/http://www.gf.org/system/assets/0000/0328/Fishing_Chair_From_The_NEw_Wilderness__Jeff_Whetstone_215x215.original.jpg?1226636468"/></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="caption"> <p><span class="description">Jeff Whetstone, <em>The Fishing Chair</em>, from <em>The New Wilderness</em>. 2007, Fellow, Photography.<br/> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>  <div class="ClearFix"></div>  <div id="FooterWrapper"> <div id="PageFooter"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://www.gf.org/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://www.gf.org/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://www.gf.org/sitemap">Sitemap</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec" onclick="return newsletter_popup('https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59d983d0914a509b37f82546c&id=5039a73dec')" target="_blank">Sign up for Updates</a><span>|</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://www.gf.org/about-the-foundation/contact-us">Contact Us</a></p> <p>Copyright © 2012</p> </div> <div id="SocialLinks"> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?app_id=210848718962748&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FJohn-Simon-Guggenheim-Memorial-Foundation%2F130008750420913&send=false&layout=button_count&width=90&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=arial&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:21px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://twitter.com/GuggFellows" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-show-screen-name="false" data-width="77px">Follow @GuggFellows</a> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120828180112/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsgmf/" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20120828180112im_/http://www.gf.org/images/icon.flckr.gif" width="16" height="20" alt="Flickr"><span>Flickr</span></a> </div> <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div>  <div class="ClearFix"></div> </div>  <hr/> </div>  </div>   <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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